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Small spruce root basket.
Object Number 31-63-10/K87
Display Title Small spruce root basket.
Descriptions
Object Description Small spruce root basket. False embroidery twining and on bottom half in zigzag interval pattern. Upper half has 3 bands of rectilinear motifs in dark brown, light brown, and wheat color. Folded, probably for storage. False embroidery on interior base.
Inventory Description Basket, woven fiber, cylindrical, flat base, geometric designs
Classification
  • Basket
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Fiber, Dye?, Spruce root
Dimensions Overall: 16 x 16 x 14.5 cm (6 5/16 x 6 5/16 x 5 11/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Father of Frederic H. Curtiss (?)
Donor Mr. Frederic H. Curtiss (1931)
Donor Mrs. Frederic H. Curtiss (1931)

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